Implacabile Elettra: Figlia Sorella Guerriera

Elektra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, is an extraordinary example among ancient characters, as she is depicted with variations by all three Greek major playwrights, in four surviving tragedies: Aeschylus (Libation Bearers), Sophocles (Elektra), and Euripides (Elektra and Orestes). As for modern reception, she is still very popular in theatre as well as in literature, arts, and different medias (films, novels, poems, comics). After a survey on the ancient sources, we focus on less known and most recent case-studies, which show in our opinion new, interesting features compared to her past appearances.